Banana Split Jelly Roll Cake

A Banana Split Jelly Roll Cake is strawberry cake swirled around banana pudding, rolled into a jelly roll cake, frosted with whipped cream and sprinkled with chocolate shavings. This is a banana split in cake form!

How I dreamt up this Banana Split Jelly Roll

I was trying to come up with something new to serve when my Mom’s side of the family was here last weekend.  I thought this up one morning lying in bed, procrastinating the start of my day.

Which is way better than when I dream something up when I am drifting off to sleep – because 9 times out of ten, I forget what it was! I lose lots of good ideas that way!

I love my Banana Cream Pie Jelly Roll recipe, so I thought, let’s switch it up! This cake was scrumptious!

What’s in a Banana Split Jelly Roll?

The recipe starts with a from-scratch strawberry cake.  It’s baked in a jelly roll pan, then topped with prepared instant banana pudding and rolled up. 

Once it sets, it’s topped with a thick fluffy layer of Dream Whip and then sprinkled with chocolate curls. The presentation is beautiful from the outside, but once you slice it, the WOW factor happens!

All of the flavors of a banana split wrapped up in a pretty little slice of cake!

Step by Step Guide to the Perfect Banana Split Jelly Roll Cake

I was always very nervous about making a jelly roll.  Once you make one, and you see that if you follow the instructions, it’s easier than it looks, you will want to make them all of the time!

1. Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper, greased with Crisco.
2. In a mixer bowl, beat eggs for about 5 minutes or until very thick and lemon-colored.
3. Gradually beat sugar into eggs, followed by the strawberry extract.
4. Slowly add flour, baking powder and salt and beat until batter is smooth.
5. Add red (or pink) food coloring a little at a time until you achieve the desired color of pink.
6. Pour into pan and spread into the corners. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not over bake.
7. Loosen cake from the edges of the pan. While hot invert cake onto a large tea towel (four sack towel), and roll from the narrow side, jellyroll style. Cool completely on a wire rack.
8. Prepare pudding and Dream Whip as directed on the packages. Place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
9. Carefully unroll cooled cake. Remove towel and spread pudding evenly over cake.
10. Roll back up and place seam side down on a plate.
11. “Frost” with Dream Whip and top with shaved chocolate.
12. Store in the refrigerator. Slice to serve.

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August 10th is National Banana Split Day

If you love a good banana split like we do, here are even MORE ways to enjoy the flavors!

• Banana Split Yogurt Parfait (pictured above)
• Banana Split Malt
• How to Make a Banana Split
• Frozen Banana Split on a Stick

• Banana Cream Jelly Roll
• Pig Pickin’ Cake Roll
• Strawberries Newport Roulade
• Confetti Roll Cake (shown above)
• Chocolate Swiss Roll Cake
• Libby’s Pumpkin Roll Cake

This cake is super moist and tastes just like a banana split. I hope that you enjoy t as much as we all did!   

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Banana Split Jelly Roll Cake

A Banana Split Jelly Roll Cake is strawberry cake swirled around banana pudding, rolled into a jelly roll cake, frosted with whipped cream and sprinkled with chocolate shavings. This is a banana split in cake form!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Additional Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana pudding, banana split desserts, Banana Split Jelly Roll Cake, how to make a jelly roll cake, scratch strawberry cake

Servings: 1 Jelly Roll Cake

Calories: 111kcal

Author: an affair from the heart

Equipment

• Zeppoli 12-Pack Flour Sack Towels - 31" x 31" Kitchen Towels - Absorbent White Dish Towels - 100% Ring Spun Cotton Bar Towels
• Reynolds Kitchens Non-Stick Parchment Paper 
• Wilton Performance Pans Aluminum Jelly Roll and Cookie Pan, 10.5 x 15.5-Inch
• Kraft Dream Whip - 2.6 Ounces

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Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons strawberry extract
• red food coloring
• 1 - 3 ounce box banana pudding prepared per package instructions
• 2 envelopes Dream Whip prepared per package instructions
• Chocolate shavings

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper, greased with Crisco.
• In a mixer bowl, beat eggs for about 5 minutes or until very thick and lemon colored.
• Gradually beat sugar into eggs, followed by strawberry extract.
• Slowly add flour, baking powder and salt and beat until batter is smooth.
• Add red food coloring a little at a time until you achieve the desired color of pink.
• Pour into pan and spread into the corners. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Loosen cake from the edges of the pan. While hot invert cake onto a towel, and roll from the narrow side, jellyroll style. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Prepare pudding and Dream Whip as directed on the packages. Place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
• Carefully unroll cooled cake. Remove towel and spread pudding evenly over cake.
• Roll back up and place seam side down on a plate.
• "Frost" with Dream Whip and top with shaved chocolate.
• Store in the refrigerator. Slice to serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 129mg | Sugar: 14g